by Common Dreams | Sep 30, 2022 | Climate & Environment
Flaring, the process of burning natural gas escaping from fossil fuel wells, releases five times more methane than previously believed, according to an analysis of most U.S. operations, published Thursday in the journal Science. The study, led by researchers at the...
by Governing Magazine | Sep 12, 2022 | Climate & Environment
In 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published a report detailing the catastrophic physical, social and economic impacts of a historically and scientifically plausible winter storm on California. New research modeling how warming temperatures could intensify...
by The Conversation | Sep 10, 2022 | Climate & Environment
The 1960s and 1970s were a golden age of infrastructure development in the U.S., with the expansion of the interstate system and widespread construction of new water treatment, wastewater and flood control systems reflecting national priorities in public health and...
by Common Dreams | Aug 31, 2022 | Climate & Environment
The fossil fuel-driven climate emergency has already locked in so much ice melt in Greenland that sea levels will surge by nearly a foot in the coming decades, peer-reviewed research published Monday warns, underscoring the need to rapidly transform virtually all...
by Common Dreams | Aug 26, 2022 | Climate & Environment
New research released Wednesday by a Ukraine-based climate action group reveals that while the U.S. is sending another $3 billion in aid to the country amid Russia’s invasion, American banks are among the biggest investors in high-emissions projects which are...
by The New Lede | Aug 24, 2022 | Climate & Environment
Cancer has taken an unrelenting toll on 72-year-old Mike Langford. After being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in 2007 he suffered through five recurrences despite multiple rounds of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. Now he struggles with...